Pre-test Textual Evidence

What is textual evidence?

• My opinion after reading.
• Proof in the article.
• A word for word quote from the article/story
• A made-up quote I add to my answer.

What is the first step to writing a paragraph with textual evidence?

• Concluding Sentence
• Answer
• Restate
• Support

What is another way to think of textual evidence?

• An answer to the question.
• My paraphrased version of the article.
• A word-for-word quote from the article.
• My opinion of the article.

What does every quote need to have?

• Two sentences.
• Quotation marks
• A capital letter.
• Long words that make it sound complex.

It was a tough day for Cleveland Cavaliers fans. Well, it was confusing. Kyrie Irving got dealt to the Boston Celtics after requesting a trade out of Cleveland last month. Even though things have been strange between Irving and LeBron James, there’s no question how much James respects Irving.That was apparent in his public goodbye to Irving.
Answer the following question: What evidence shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better speaking terms?

• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better terms is that Kyrie is being traded.
• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better terms because things had been strange before and then Kyrie was traded.
• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better terms is that according to the text Lebron James respected Kyrie Irving by giving him a public goodbye.
• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on speaking terms is that things were strange and now they talk.

Last year, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott spent the offseason as a second string backup, and wide receiver Dez Bryant was recovering from an injury, and the two of them didn’t spent a lot of the offseason practicing together. This year has been different.Prescott says he and Prescott have better chemistry now because they have had more practice time together.“He has been healthy all offseason, so that chemistry has grown,” Prescott said, via the Dallas Morning News. “He’s been a guy that his ears are wide open, wanting to know what I’m thinking, and I want to know what he’s thinking. It’s just been back and forth of just talking and doing it out there on the field and it’s only growing.”
Answer the following question:
Were Dak Prescott and Dez Bryant close last offseason?

• Dak Prescott and Dez Bryant were not close last offseason because according to the author Dak Prescott was a backup and Dez Bryant was injured.
• Dak Prescott and Dez Bryant were close last offseason because according to the text they have had more time to practice together.
• Dak Prescott and Dez Bryant were close last offseason because they worked together.
• Dak Prescott and Dez Bryant were not close last offseason because they did not work together.

Textual evidence is when we use information from the text to support our answers.

• True

• False

When you use someone else's ideas, you DON'T have to cite the text.

• True

• False

Citing the text means to give credit to the author that wrote the text.

• True

• False

Plagiarism is taking someone else's work and giving them credit for it in your own writing.

• True

• False